The U.S. National Security Agency paid US$10 million to vendor RSA in a “secret” deal to incorporate a deliberately flawed encryption algorithm into widely used security software, according to a Reuters report that is reigniting controversy about the government’s involvement in setting security standards.
Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead.
A crowd of about 5,000 people marched through Washington DC Saturday to protest the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programmes unveiled in press reports this year.
Hackers backed by Iran have penetrated an unclassified US Navy network in one of the most serious incidents of cyber-crime yet by the Middle East nation, according to a report Friday.
Searching through Twitter’s archive of tweets can be frustrating – they are sorted on the site by Twitter’s own algorithms, and older tweets tend to get buried. Google? Forget it. Topsy, an analytics company, wants to do it better.
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday launched a review of whether the country uses optimally advancements in …
A group of 26 U.S. senators, cutting across party lines, are seeking “public answers” on whether the National Security Agency collected in bulk other data such as credit card purchases and financial information in the U.S. besides phone records.
The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programmes that exploded into public view last …
Many IT security vendors have a minimal understanding of industrial control systems (ICS) and try to sell technology that could …
China’s government and military appear to be directly involved in cyber-attacks against the U.S., according to a report released Monday …
A top U.S. official has called on China to investigate and stop cyber attacks, which he said pose a growing …
Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates recently took part in a question-and-answer session on popular message board site Reddit. Gates’ Ask Me Anything …
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace …
Web hosting providers from the U.S., Canada and other Western nations have been hosting official Syrian government websites, in violation …
The U.S. on Thursday said it ordered sanctions against Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Reza Taghipour, and other …
As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about …
Google began warning users today of its Gmail online email services when it suspects they may be targets of “state-sponsored” …
Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping …
Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation’s second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra. …
The Twitter account for Fox News was apparently hacked, with six tweets falsely reporting early yesterday morning that U.S. President …
